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The relationship between poverty and human development touches on a central aim of the International Breastfeeding Journal's editorial policy which is to ... wellbeing of all infants through the promotion of breastfeeding
The authors are retracting this article [1] because there is significant overlap of both text and data with the Master’s Thesis of Hilina Ketma, “Assessment of prevalence and determinants of suboptimal breast ...
The original article was published in International Breastfeeding Journal 2016 11:5
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The original article was published in International Breastfeeding Journal 2019 14:20
The importance of breast milk for infants' growth, development and overall health is widely recognized. In situations where women are not able to provide their infants with sufficient amounts of their own brea...
The syndemic effects of poverty, food insecurity and living with HIV are recognized as global health priorities, including through the United Nations Sustainability Goals 1, 2 and 3. Today, women and girls acc...
The World Health Organization (WHO)/UNICEF Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative step number five of the “Ten steps to successful breastfeeding” states “Show mothers how to breastfeed and how to maintain lactation ev...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) to six months is one ... method is currently in use to measure exclusive breastfeeding practice among children of age less than...
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) during infancy is fundamental, however ... study also aimed to identify factors affecting exclusive breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding is a critical, evidence-based intervention that ... the non-communicable disease risk. Scaling up breastfeeding is an indisputably strong action countries can ... maternal and infant health outcomes...
The physiological and psychological signalling between mother and infant during lactation is one of the prominent mother-infant factors that may influence breastfeeding outcomes. The infant can ‘signal’ his ... w...
Integrated care is defined as concerted action of healthcare providers ensuring continuity of care within a patient-centered approach, thus contributing to healthcare efficiency and quality. Apart from the WHO/UN...
In Indonesia, 96% of children (< 24mo) are breastfed. However, only 42% of children (< 6mo) are exclusively breastfed, as per World Health Organization recommendations. Breastfeeding provides protective benefits ...
Breastfeeding provides numerous health benefits for mothers and infants, but worldwide breastfeeding rates fall below recommendations. As part of efforts to increase breastfeeding initiation and duration, the Wor...
Despite increased awareness of the adverse health effects of vitamin D deficiency, only a few studies have evaluated the vitamin D status (25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OHD)]) of breastfeeding women and up to now, no i...
Despite scientific evidence substantiating the importance of breastfeeding in child survival and development and its...Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (Global Strategy). Optimal breastfeeding i...
A lack of safety data on postpartum medication use presents a potential barrier to breastfeeding and may result in infant exposure to...
Breastfeeding is associated with lower incidence and severity ... known about the relationship between feeding type and breastfeeding duration with bronchiolitis in a child’s...
Lactational mastitis is a painful, debilitating condition that if inappropriately managed, may lead women to discontinue breastfeeding prematurely. The aim of this paper is ... in a Scottish population, its impac...
This short essay examines infant formula marketing and information sources for their representation of "choice" in the infant feeding context, and finds that while providing information about breast and bottle fe...
Substantial evidence exists surrounding the health risks of breast milk substitutes (BMS) in place of exclusive breastfeeding among infants < 6 months of age...
This prospective longitudinal cohort study recruited 468 women who delivered via Cesarean section at a tertiary hospital in China from 9 October 2021 to 17 May 2022. Face-to-face interviews were conducted during ...
Aggressive and unregulated marketing of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) results in increased child morbidity and mortality. Unregulated BMS marketing is a major public health concern because it encourages formula co...
The interesting and important paper by Torvaldsen and colleagues provides further circumstantial evidence of a positive association between intrapartum analgesia and feeding infant formula. Not all research suppo...
The objective of this study is to examine the effects of macro-level factors – welfare state policies and public health initiatives – on breastfeeding initiation among eighteen high-income countries.
Despite the World Health Organization recommendation of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first six months...
Early or timely initiation of breastfeeding is crucial in preventing newborn deaths and ... evidence on factors and barriers to initiation of breastfeeding within 1 h of birth in South...
The objective of this study is to determine the effect of a consultation model, Beliefs, Attitudes, Subjective Norms and Enabling Factors (BASNEF), and the counselling steps using GATHER-Greet clients, Ask client...
Ghana has achieved significant progress in breastfeeding practices in the past two decades. Further ... insufficient government funding and declining donor support for breastfeeding programs. The current study pr...
Breastfeeding is widely known for its imperative contribution ... However, evidence regarding timing of initiation of breastfeeding is limited in Tanzania. This study examines ... of and factors associated with e...
Lactational mastitis is an extremely painful and distressing inflammation of the breast, which can seriously disrupt breastfeeding. Most of the evidence on the frequency...
Appropriate breastfeeding and infant feeding practices are crucial to ... The objective of this paper is to describe breastfeeding and general feeding practices and the nutrition...
In this exploratory study, the contribution of delivery type to the weight gain pattern for full-term infants with exclusive breastfeeding in the first month of infancy was determined. In addition, breastfeeding ...
Six sub-categories and two generic categories formed the main category: “a team striving towards the same goal”. The fathers were equally involved and engaged members of the feeding team all hours of the day. The...
Prelacteal feeding hinders early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding but is understudied in Uganda. We examined...
Donor human milk banks are much more than simple centers for collection, storage, processing, and distribution of donor human milk, as they cover other aspects and represent a real opportunity to promote and supp...
Almost half of all Indonesian children under 6 months of age were not exclusive breastfed in 2017. Optimizing maternity protection programs may result in increased breastfeeding rates. This study aims to: estimat...
A cross-sectional study was conducted in ten PMTCT service providing health facilities in the towns; 283 mother-infant pairs were enrolled. Appropriate infant feeding practice was defined as exclusive breastfeeding
In 2022 the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine (ABM) published Clinical Protocol #36 ... amongst clinicians and researchers within the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and more broadly, confident that we share a ...
In the past decade, various breastfeeding policies were implemented in Hong Kong, including ... of formula milk, penalisation of discrimination towards breastfeeding, and extension of the statutory maternity leav...
Early initiation of breastfeeding is central to the success of infant ... The World Health Organization (WHO) therefore recommends breastfeeding within the first hour of birth and ... investigations to capture tr...
Exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low in most countries in...
Despite current scientific evidence that artificial feeding is a harmful practice, unquestioned acceptance of breastfeeding as the normal or "default" method...International Breastfeeding Journal is to promote breastfeeding
Women gain total body weight and accrue body fat during pregnancy. Breastfeeding has been suggested as an efficient means...
Current infant feeding support is often targeted at establishing breastfeeding in healthy term infants, or supporting lactation ... for preterm infants in the neonatal setting. Breastfeeding presents different ch...
Interventions aimed at promoting breastfeeding rates are among the most effective possible ... found that a 10% increase in exclusive breastfeeding rates in the first two years of ... countries, Spain stands out ...
Mothers are encouraged to practice exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a ... study was to assess the predictors of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers in Ghana.
Research on the association between breastfeeding and postpartum post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD ... study aimed to examine the association between exclusive breastfeeding up to 42 days after childbirth and....
Timely initiation of breastfeeding can reduce neonatal morbidities and mortality. We ... aimed to study predictors for timely initiation of breastfeeding (within 1 h of birth) among...
The health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding practices in both the short and long term accrue to breastfed infants, mothers, families and the society ... Organization (WHO) strategies on promotion of exclusive
Breastfeeding is a critical health intervention in infants. ... in significant mental health issues in pregnant and breastfeeding women due to social isolation and lack ... mental health issues affected infant nu...
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